ScienceDaily (Sep. 5, 2008) — In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and autism onset were unrelated to MMR vaccine timing.

ScienceDaily (Oct. 4, 2008)— The first national survey of attitudes toward autism reveals that a small but significant percentage of people still believe the disease is caused by childhood vaccines. The survey...

Supplements may seem the cheaper way out; I calculated that over a 30 year period, 'self help' cost me at LEAST $36,000 as well as unknown quality of life issues.

Here's my story.

I have very mixed feelings on use of supplements. They seem like a good idea on the surface and as an ex-hippie, I prefer an all-natural way. Cotton clothing, unscented products, recycling, composting, solar panels, Prius, locally-grown food, minimal consumption, socialized medicine, etc, etc....

This is probably why I put off treatment for 30 years and attempted to self treat with massive amounts of coffee and supplements.

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2008) — The findings suggest that non-Latino white males, compared to all women and men of other ethnicities, were most likely to mistrust the mental health care system and were also likely to perceive mental illness as a stigma and therefore avoid formal mental health care. Regardless of race and gender, those respondents with low...

Over a fifth of products purchased on Internet tainted with toxic metals, study finds

TUESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five ayurvedic medicine products purchased on the Internet contain significant levels of lead, mercury or arsenic, a new study finds.
The researchers found that products manufactured in the United States were even more likely to contain the metals than those made in India,...